Colloquium in Visual Culture: “Lensable Belief”
| Event Type: | Lecture |
| Location: | Thomas Room 224 |
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
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Lisa Kolonay
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| Department: | Center for Visual Culture |
Event Description:Marc Siegel
Event Description:Marc Siegel
Assistant Professor, Department of Theater, Film and Media Studies
Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
In this talk, I analyze an important factor in the mobilization of star images within the queer New York underground film scene of the 1960s, namely belief. My argument hinges on the term “lensable belief” introduced by Ronald Tavel, the screenwriter for numerous Andy Warhol films and co-founder of Theater of the Ridiculous, in his own fascinating writings about fellow artist Jack Smith’s obsession with the star of 1940s Hollywood escapist fantasy films, Maria Montez.